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Open Topic notesTopic 2.2 · AP U.S. History
European Colonization
Compare why Spanish, French, Dutch, and English colonization developed differently and evaluate how land, labor, commerce, religion, Native sovereignty, and rivalry shaped their effects.
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Explain the commercial, geopolitical, religious, and migration causes of European colonization and the institutions that made colonies durable.
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Compare Spanish, French, Dutch, and English strategies using population, settlement, economy, labor, religion, and Native relations.
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Evaluate how colonization transformed land, labor, political power, cultural exchange, and imperial competition from 1607 to 1754.
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